turn off your iPhone for 5 minutes daily? (iPhone News #26)

According to security researchers, it’s a good idea to turn off your iPhone for five minutes a day. We’ll see if that’s right, and show you even more important Apple and iPhone news of the week.

Why you should turn off your iPhone for 5 minutes daily

Do you always leave your iPhone on? Then stop that! Experts recommend turning off your iPhone for five minutes every day. This simple ritual can make your device a lot safer, and we explain why.

But that is not everything. Turning off your iPhone regularly can also speed up your device. By restarting daily, background tasks get a fresh start, so that your iPhone can respond just a bit more smoothly. While iPhones are already quite secure, why not play it safe?​​

-> Increase the security of your iPhone

Maestro coming to an end: what does this mean for your debit card and Apple Pay

The end of Maestro is near: from July 1, 2023, all debit cards with Maestro will slowly disappear, and will be replaced by a kind of debit card.

But what are the consequences of this for your current debit card and Apple Pay? We explain this in the article below. Even though the transition is gradual, there are a few things you should pay attention to!

-> Read more about the end of Maestro

These 15 Apple products are coming between now and early 2024

Apple plans to launch 15 (fifteen!) new products between now and early 2024. At least, that’s what the usually reliable Mark Gurman says in his newsletter.

It’s quite a list, so you have a few cool months ahead of you. Do you want to know which products are coming up? We have listed them in a handy list.

-> These 15 products are coming

Leaked iPhone 15 case reveals a lot about the next iPhone

Thanks to various rumors, we already knew quite a bit about the iPhone 15. But on the basis of a few photos showing an iPhone 15 case, we learn even more about Apple’s next smartphone.

What will change in the design of the iPhone 15? We’ll take you through all the design changes we noticed from the case.

-> This reveals the case

iCloud is getting more expensive, but there’s also good news

If you have an iPhone, you probably also use iCloud. The cloud storage service ensures, among other things, a backup of your important files on your device and that you can view your photos on any device.

There’s no question that it’s a useful feature, but Apple has made iCloud a lot more expensive. The company has raised prices by up to 25 percent. However, this does not apply to all countries. Are we safe in the Netherlands?

-> Will iCloud become more expensive with us?

iPhone 13 Pro vs. iPhone 15 Pro – this is why you should upgrade this year

Do you have an iPhone 13 Pro and doubt whether you should buy a new iPhone this year? No worries! You can read whether you should upgrade this time in our iPhone 13 Pro vs iPhone 15 Pro article!

We tell you what the biggest upgrades for your next iPhone will be if you come from the iPhone 13 Pro.

-> Read our comparison

iOS 17 has copied these functions from Android

The latest version of iOS has quite a few new features. Some of them are completely new, but there are also some that seem to come from Android. In this list we take you through all the iOS 17 functions that Apple has copied from Android.

-> Discover the copied functions

Set Spotify as an alarm clock on your iPhone (this is how you do it)

If you want to set a nice song to wake up to, it is very easy on your iPhone. At least, if you have music on your iPhone or if you have Apple Music.

Don’t have Apple Music but you do have Spotify? Then we have bad news, as standard it is not possible to set the music service as an alarm clock. Still, there is a way to set Spotify as an alarm clock on your iPhone. We explain how to do this.

-> This is how you use Spotify as an alarm clock

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